Abdominal strap for apparel-corsets.



No. 892,742. PATBNTLD JULY '7, 1908. s. KOPS.

ABDOMINAL STRAP FOR APPAREL GORSETS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1908.

v Jnww ft. fm 7 SAMUEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ABDOMINAL STRAP FOR APPAREL-CORSETS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Kors, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough ofManhattan, city, county, and

eyelets arranged in a group State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Abdominal Stra s for Apparel-Corsets, of which the folowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in abdominal straps of a parelcorsets such as shown and describec in Letters Patent #593,397,#610,063, #694,161, #798,967 and #824,490, granted to my brother DanielKops, which devices are manufactured by the firm of Kops Bros., of whichwe are members. By reference to any one or more of these patents it willbe noticed that the abdominal flaps in said patents are provided witheyelets at'their free ends arranged in series and that posts areattached to one or both of the steels of the a parel corset; theseeyelets beingengaged wit the post or posts for connecting the abdominalstraps to apply a supporting tension at the lower portion of the corset.It has been found in practice that these eyelets are liable in use topull away from the fabric. In fact, being placed close together thestrain onthe fabric es ecially by any one of the eyelets but the onenearest the free end is liable to pull the same away from the fabric asthe main support is the intervening fabric, and the object of myinvention which applies es ecially to these eyelets is to obviate thisdifli culty.

In carrying out In invention and in an effort to cause the eyefets tohold alike on both sides and any one of the eyelets to be in a measuresupported by the rest, I provide a plate washer havin a series ofopenings receiving the-ends of a series of eyelets and which ends are tobe over-turned against the outer surface of the late as they clamp thegoods and are held t ereto; the plate being orced against the goods onone side with the bases of the eyelets on the other side. This plate maybe of any shape or form and the of any corresponding shape or form, anwhile I do not llmit in self in this particular, I refer in the deviceillustrated in connection erewith to employ the series of eyelets inline, and I further prefer to arran e and form a series of eyelets froma sing e plate corresponding with the plate washer and coming at theopposite side of the goods so that the fabric is I eld by the eyeletsbetween the two plates Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. January 3, 1908.

Patented July '7, 1908.

Serial No. 409,119.

and is gripped between the plates so that when the post or posts of thesteels engage with one of the series of eyelets the remaining washersand plates lend their support of the gri of the fabric to the eyeletengaged so that tile strain or tension applied to the straps of thecorset is not as heretofore carried by one of the eyelets but by thegroup composed of the plates and eyelets.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation representing the lower portionof my apparel corset and the device of my invention as applied to theabdominal flaps of the corset, one flap being shown in position and theother out-turned. Fig. 2 is an elevation in large size of the free endof one of the abdominal flaps. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section at 5c,9r, Figs. 2 and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on the same lineshowing a modified form of the invention.

The form of corset shown in Fig. 1 agrees substantially with that shownin the before named Letters Patent #824,490 simply for the purpose ofillustration, and in which a represents the fabric body, I) b gores atthe lower front portion of the same and c c steels at the 'o positesides of the front. The flaps d e are s own with hose supporter skirts d6 although of course my invention has no articular reference to thisstructure. Tiese flaps are sewed to the distant edges of the corsetgores along the sewed lines of union 2 3. The front steels are providedat the desired oint with osts 4 5 and the free ends of the a dominal flaps (Z c with series of eyelets of any desired number ada ted to engagethese posts in connecting antl applying tension to the same in use.These eyelet devices as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, each comprise awasher plate f coming against the outer surface of the fabric of theflaps (Z c which washer plate as shown is provided with three holes.

The eyelets 7L are'formed from a plate k by the drawing operation wellknown in the metal working art. The eyelets are spaced a art and asshown are three in number. The plate It agrees in shape and indiniensions with the plate f and while the comes on the outside of thefabric or flaps the plate It? comes on the inside, the eyelets passmgthrough the fabric of the flaps through the holes in the washerplate'with the free edges of the eyelets forcibly over-turned againstthe outer surface of the plate In this manner the fabric of the flaps isgripped plate f I between the two fiat surfaces of the'plates f and illand the entire amount of fabric so gri ped and which agrees with thedimensions of t e plates contributes to the support of the tensionapplied to the fabric at the end of the flaps when any one of theseveral eyelets of the series is brought into engagement with eitherpost 4 or 5 instead of depending upon any one of the eyelets of theseries to support this tension. In this manner the structure isstifiened and strengthened and the useful life of the free ends of theabdominal flaps pro longed.

The forms of my invention shown res ectively by the sections Figs. 3 and4, are a ike in the employment of a washer plate f and series of eyeletsh and only differ in the fact that in Fig. 3 the series of eyelets areformed integrally withthe eyelet plate h coming on the opposite side ofthe fabric to the washer plate whereas in the form shown in Fig. 4, theeyelets h are separate and provided with broad bases k which almost comeinto con tact with one another upon the opposite side of the fabric ofthe flaps to the side occupied by the plate f.

The structure in Fig. 4 performs almost identically the function of thestructure shown in Fig. 3 because of the broad bases to the eyelets andthe fact that they are all con nected to a common or unitary washerplate f lending the united support of the series of eyelets to thetension applied to any one eye,

' and while I have shown this form of my invention in Fig. 4, I do notattach quite as much importance to it as to the forms shown in Figs. 1,2 and 3. The device of my invention is especially adapted for use incorsets and other undergarments or articles of apparel where there isconsiderable strain applied to one or more of the group of eyelets.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with an article of appareland a series of eyelets passing through the same in a juxtaposed reation, of a unitary or common washer plate of thin metal coming againstthe outer surface of the fabric and perforated to receive the free andsmaller ends of the eyelets and against which said ends are over-turned.

2. The combination with an article of apparel and a series of eyeletspassing through the same in a juxtaposed re ation, of a unitary orcommon washer late perforated to receive the free and smal er ends ofthe eyelets and against which said ends are overturned, and a platecoming at the opposite side of the fabric to that occupied by the washerplate and with which said series of eyelets are integrally formed.

3. The combination with an apparel corset, the abdominal flaps of thesame and one or more posts secured to the corset steels, of series ofeyelets extending through the fabric at the free ends of the abdominalflaps, and a Washer plate of thin metal coming against the outer surfaceof the flaps of the fabric and receiving the free ends of said eyeletsand against which plate said free ends are over-turned.

4. The combination with an apparel corset, the abdominal flaps of thesame and one or more posts secured to the corset steels, of series ofeyelets extending through the fabric at the free ends of the abdominalflaps, a washer plate coming against the outer surface of the flaps ofthe fabric and receiving the free ends of said eyelets and against whichplate said free ends are over-turned, and a second plate with which theeyelets of said series are integrally formed, the latter plate comingagainst the opposite side of the flap fabric and gripping the samebetween the two plates, the gripping support of the plates being bent tothe eyelets with the tension applied in connecting the flaps to theirposts.

5. The combination with a unitary or common washer plate of elongatedrectangular form having a series of apertures therein in line, of aplate of similar form and an integral series of eyelets formedtherefrom, the axial centers of which agree with the centers of theapertures of' the washer plate, a garment and a part connected therewithalong one line of sewing and to the free end of which said series ofeyelets, the integral plate thereof and the Washer late are connected ina binding relation an a device connected to the garment adapted to beengaged by any one of the eyelets of the series.

Signed by me this 30th day of December SAMUEL KOPS. Witnesses:

G120. T. PINCKNEY, E. ZACHARIASEN.

